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Published 3:16 pm, Wednesday, May 22, 2013

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May 23, 1943: The Furr Food Stores will open a Plainview store Tuesday, Roy Furr of Lubbock announced Saturday. The store will be at the former Looper Grocery location, 507 Broadway. J.A. Womack will manage the grocery department and D.H. Clanton will manage the market. Other employees are Frank Brown, Chester Pass and R.D. Brandt.

•Lt. Charles C. Mabry of Plainview, who has been with the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps since its inception last July, has been promoted to the rank of captain at the Third WAAC Training Center at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. He is the commanding officer of the 21st Training Regiment.

•The approaching marriage of Miss Madge Alden Boyd and Lt. Lloyd C. Woods was made known last night at a dinner given by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.E. Boyd. Woods, of Nashville, received his commission at Camp Hood in Temple, where he is stationed.

•D.K. Peck of Plainview was a member of the winning foursome at the Amarillo Country Club Invitational Pro-Amateur Matches on Friday. Jim Hunter, Plainview, was a member of the foursome that finished second, just one stoke off the winning pace. Jack Walker, pro at the Plainview Country Club, shot an 80 in the professional bracket.

May 23, 1963: The Controller of the Currency on Tuesday granted a charter and approved the organization of the First National Bank of Plain view, said Thomas E. Mitchell, chairman of the board of the new bank. Robert Williams, executive vice president of the Citizens Bank in Pampa, will serve as president.

•The Medical Center Hospital of Plainview has been accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditations and Hospitals. The hospital opened in September 1952 with nine beds and one physician. It now has 34 beds and seven physicians on staff.

•Allen and Wilson Construction Co. of Dennison has been awarded the contract for Tulia’s new National Guard Armory building. The building will cost about $100,000 and house the Headquarters Platoon, Co. C., 2nd Battalion, 142nd Infantry.

May 23, 1973: EMCO Manufacturing has been awarded a $135,000 contract for construction and delivery of 900 three cubic-yard refuse containers to Andrews, said Guy Manges, general manager. The company has been in operation since Jan. 1 and has 15 employees.

•The home of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Redinger, 823 Itasca, has been selected Home of the Week by the Women’s Division of the Plainview Chamber of Commerce.